Today is Founders Day, and we need your support! You can donate at https://lnkd.in/eBFwjwHY Your gift goes towards supporting artists like Dr. Yalonda JD Green to maintain a career in the arts. Hear from Yalonda why this is so important!
Elevate Vocal Arts
Performing Arts
Wilmington, DE 254 followers
Creating meaningful work opportunities and strengthening communities through the vocal arts.
About us
Elevate Vocal Arts creates performance and education opportunities, and expands creative workforce development opportunities for individuals from historically marginalized communities to develop as professional Vocal Artists who speak to our time's relevant issues through music, storytelling, and spoken word, strengthening our democracy. DAVA provides workforce development opportunities to Vocal Artists and Vocal Arts Apprentices who tell stories that inspire, activate, and enliven community, civic engagement, and democracy. By telling stories through song, spoken word, and storytelling, Vocal Artists envision and create new possibilities, thus expanding our creative economy and transforming our community and world.
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https://elevatevocalarts.org/
External link for Elevate Vocal Arts
- Industry
- Performing Arts
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Wilmington, DE
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2023
- Specialties
- Performance, Choral Conducting, Job Training, Arts Education, Arts Advocacy, Choral Performance, Spoken Word, Poetry, Workforce Development, Education Consulting, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Community Organizing
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Wilmington, DE 19801, US
Employees at Elevate Vocal Arts
Updates
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Founders Day is Tomorrow!!! Here is the schedule of events, be sure to join us throughout the day! Learn more at https://lnkd.in/eP4YJp4v 9:00 AM - First Giveaway of the day! 11:00 AM - Live Stream with Elevation Artists 12:00 PM - Musical Performance by Dr. Jillian Harrison-Jones 1:00 PM - Power Hour: all gifts are matched up to $500 2:00 PM - Live Stream with Summer Institute Faculty and Apprentices 3:00 PM - Spoken Word Performance by Dr. Yalonda JD Green 6:00 PM - Special Message from Founder Arreon A. Harley-Emerson
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We want you to meet Duone. Duone is an exceptional young vocal artist who recently graduated from Winston-Salem State University. He performed at Bent But Not Broken 2.0 with the WSSU Singing Rams and join us at Summer Institute in the summer of 2024. Duone is ready to enter a career in the arts partly because of the workforce development training he received from us at SI. There are so many vocal artists like Duone impacted by Elevate Vocal Arts' work every day. Please consider supporting our work on Founders Day, Thursday, December 19th at ElevateVocalArts.org
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You may know who the father of Gospel music is, but do you know about the mother of Gospel? Ariel Alvarado is Elevate Vocal Art's Education & Outreach coordinator and she is a wealth of knowledge about Gospel. You can hear more from from Ariel on Thursday, December 19th as part of our virtual Founders Day celebrations. Join us on social media @elevatevocalarts or on our website at ElevateVocalArts.org!
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#TBT to Elevation's last concert of the season. Kim Kenny Green sung the house down! Your support directly impacts the lives of the Vocal Artists that make up Elevation. We need your help to ensure that vocal artists are paid an equitable wage for their work. You can show your support and give generously on our Founders Day, Thursday, December 19th!
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#TBT to this Total Praise at our recording session in January! We can't belive its been almost a year since we recorded our sophomore album, "Are You Looking For Me?" We are so proud of the album and all that we've achieved this year! If you want to celebrate with us, join us on Founders Day, Thursday, December 19th. We will be sharing stories, offering giveaways, and asking for your support for the year ahead! Visit elevatevocalarts.org to learn more!
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Yalonda Green, PhD, is a vocal artist and cherished member of Elevation. In addition to performing with Elevation she is the Literature and Africana Studies Librarian at the University of Delaware. Yalonda work as a poet reminds us that the vocal arts encompass more than just singing. Elevation is unique in its commitment to uplifting all of the vocal arts and giving artists like Yalonda a place to showcase their talents. You can learn more and donate at elevatevocalarts.org. Thank you for your support of Elevate Vocal Arts!
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Did you know that Bent But Not Broken is coming to the National ACDA conference in Dallas, Texas on Tuesday, March 18th, 2025? Bent But Not Broken is a movement that seeks to uplift and amplify the musical voices of the Black and African Diaspora. BBNB 3.5 is a "Pre-Con" ahead of the National ACDA conference, where you'll learn about authentic performance practice, cultural context, leading and gesture, and vocal techniques of idiomatic and non-idiomatic music of the Black and African Diaspora. Presenters include Arreon A. Harley-Emerson, Jan Taylor, Brandon Waddles, Voices of Houston, Rollo Dilworth, and more! You can bundle your registration for BBNB 3.5 with your ACDA registration OR visit https://lnkd.in/eaFkbnGu to register only for the pre-con! We hope to see you there!
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Many thanks to the The Presser Foundation for their support of our mission. And thanks to Daniel Jackson for writing this powerful reflection and review of our recent concert in Abington, PA. We are grateful. 🙏🏾
"On this memorable evening, Elevation not only educated an eager audience about the richness of African American composers but also showcased the potential of a culturally diverse ensemble performing music from the Black Diaspora. Under the skillful guidance of Mr. Harley-Emerson and Dr. Harrison-Jones, Elevation exemplified how excellence and authenticity in choral performance can be both exhilarating and liberating." In this blog post, Graduate Music Fellow Daniel Jackson takes us to Abington Presbyterian Church, where Elevate Vocal Arts' professional ensemble Elevation showcased its talent and how it is "a significant cultural force in the realm of vocal arts." #elevation #elevatevocalarts #choral #music #professional #authenticity #excellence #grantee #graduatemusicfellow #greaterphiladelphia